# Sector vs. Vector

## Difference Between Sector and Vector

#### Sectornoun

A part or division, as of a city or a national economy

the manufacturing sector.

#### Vectornoun

A quantity, such as velocity, completely specified by a magnitude and a direction.

#### Sectornoun

The portion of a circle bounded by two radii and the included arc.

#### Vectornoun

A one-dimensional array.

#### Sectornoun

A measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged together at one end.

#### Vectornoun

An element of a vector space.

#### Sectornoun

(Computers) A portion of a storage device making up the smallest addressable unit of information.

#### Vectornoun

An organism, such as a mosquito or tick, that carries disease-causing microorganisms from one host to another.

#### Sectornoun

A division of a defensive position for which one military unit is responsible.

#### Vectornoun

A bacteriophage, plasmid, or other agent that transfers genetic material from one cell to another.

#### Sectornoun

A division of an offensive military position.

#### Vectornoun

A force or influence.

#### Sectorverb

To divide (something) into sectors.

#### Vectornoun

A course or direction, as of an airplane.

section

#### Vectorverb

To guide (a pilot or aircraft, for example) by means of radio communication according to vectors.

#### Sectornoun

zone (designated area).

#### Vectornoun

(mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

#### Sectornoun

(geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center

#### Vectornoun

(mathematics) An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the signed difference between two points.

#### Sectornoun

(computing) fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)

#### Vectornoun

(mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.

The vectors in $\left\{\mathbb Q\right\}\left[X\right]$ are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is $\textstyle x^\left\{42\right\}+\frac1\left\{137\right\}x-1$.

#### Sectornoun

(military) an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible

#### Vectornoun

(aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.

#### Sectornoun

(military) one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier

#### Vectornoun

(epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.

#### Sectornoun

(science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.

#### Vectornoun

(sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.

#### Sectornoun

(calculation) an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.

#### Vectornoun

(psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.

#### Sectornoun

a field of economic activity

public sector;private sector

#### Vectornoun

The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others.en

#### Sectornoun

(engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.

#### Vectornoun

A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.

#### Sectornoun

a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

#### Vectornoun

(programming) A one-dimensional array.

#### Sectornoun

a body of people who form part of society or economy;

the public sector

#### Vectornoun

A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.

a vector imagevector graphics

#### Sectornoun

a particular aspect of life or activity;

he was helpless in an important sector of his life

#### Vectornoun

(molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.

#### Sectornoun

the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes

#### Vectorverb

To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.

#### Sectornoun

a portion of a military position

#### Vectorverb

(computing) To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.

#### Sectornoun

measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end

#### Vectornoun

a variable quantity that can be resolved into components

#### Vectornoun

a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

#### Vectornoun

any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease;

mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow feverfleas are vectors of the plagueaphids are transmitters of plant diseaseswhen medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects